a very well-known move in america. i, 50 years ago, since 1963, actually 1964 when the civil rights act was being voted on, barry goldwater voted against it. he was nominated to be the republican nominee for president. i decided then that i was not a republican. i had grown up with a family that was very republican. i am grateful to the republican party. everett dirksen from illinois, without his leadership, we could not have passed over the segregation of southern democrats. it is a different world. when i was a kid, we would go down to what our family called the old country and most of you know as alabama. we went shopping and we're in in a five and $.10 store. i said i want to get a jack of water and i went running off for my parents. -- a drink of water. my mother said to my dad, you must follow him. he found me standing between two water fountains and one was marked white and one was mark collard. -- one was mark colored. i was turning on the one mark mark colored and was disappointed that it came out clear. it wa